[1] Traditionally, graduates of the Military Academy are commissioned as officers in the Egyptian Army.

[3][4] The Military Academy contains branches, which provide additional training and skills.

It also features a prolonged study system so as to graduate more elite officers to serve in the army, such as the Branch of Military Arts and Thunderbolt (El-Sa'ka Forces) School.

Originally admission in the school was reserved for members of the Egyptian upper class, the Academy changed its rules for admission in 1936 to allow the sons of lower and middle-class families to enter.

The Military Academy awards two types of degrees: The institution also offers additional courses: